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Re: To Strike and To Hit

And, of course, "to strike" can mean "to refuse to work" for some reason, usually to get something you want or to show your opposition to something that has happened, is happening or is going to happen.

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Re: To Strike and To Hit

Originally Posted by SoothingDave

Yeah, but when you completely miss the ball while swinging, it's a strike and not a hit.

Well, I cannot take exception with thatstatement, but you can hit the ball and it becomes a strike if the result is that it does not hit the ground in the field of play.
However, I would still argue that "a strike" is not the opposite of "a hit" if for no other reason than the umpire may call either "a strike" or (in my opinion, the opposite) "a ball" without the batter swinging his/her bat.